RESOLUTION DECLARING THE MONTH OF JULY BEGINNING IN JULY 2009 AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER AS AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE MONTH IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO CREATE A DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY OF THE STEPHEN P. CLARK CENTER DURING THE MONTH OF JULY COMMEMORATING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE MONTH

Indexes:

INDEPENDENCE MONTH

Sponsors:

Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Prime Sponsor

Sunset Provision:
No

Effective Date:

Expiration Date:

Registered Lobbyist:

None Listed

Legislative History

Acting Body

Date

Agenda Item

Action

Sent To

Due Date

Returned

Pass/Fail

Board of County Commissioners

6/30/2009

11A31

Adopted

P

Government Operations Committee

6/9/2009

2D

Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation

P

REPORT:

Assistant County Attorney Geri Bonzon-Keenan read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record.
Commissioner Diaz, sponsor of this proposed resolution, noted he felt the County should participate in the Fourth of July celebration.
Hearing no further comments or questions, the Committee voted on this proposed resolution as presented.

County Attorney

5/27/2009

Referred

Government Operations Committee

6/9/2009

County Attorney

5/27/2009

Assigned

Jess M. McCarty

6/3/2009

Legislative Text

TITLE

RESOLUTION DECLARING THE MONTH OF JULY BEGINNING IN JULY 2009 AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER AS AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE MONTH IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO CREATE A DISPLAY IN THE LOBBY OF THE STEPHEN P. CLARK CENTER DURING THE MONTH OF JULY COMMEMORATING AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE MONTH

BODY

WHEREAS, July 4th as Independence Day honors the birth of the United States of America and the signing of the Declaration of Independence; and
WHEREAS, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation; and
WHEREAS, this most American of holidays is marked every year by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country; and
WHEREAS, this Board would like to recognize the freedoms we enjoy as Americans by recognizing the month of July as American Independence Month,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Section 1. Hereby declares the month of July beginning in July 2009 and each year thereafter as American Independence Month in Miami-Dade County.
Section 2. Directs the Mayor or Designee to create a display in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Center during the month of July commemorating American Independence Month in Miami-Dade County.